NT man pleads guilty to second burglary
LOCKPORT – Robert B. Patrick, a North Tonawanda man who had previously pleaded guilty to a garage burglary, admitted Wednesday that he burglarized a house, too.Patrick, 30, of Vandervoort Street,...
View ArticleInglima, already in prison, draws one-year sex crime sentence
LOCKPORT – Filippo Inglima, the former Buffalo and Lewiston restaurant owner, was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday for second-degree sexual abuse, but he wasn’t there to hear the word from...
View ArticleHeating bills are higher than last year, but they could be much worse
The frigid winter is costing you each time your furnace kicks on.So far, the cold temperatures have tacked on almost $100 to the average Western New Yorker’s heating bill, compared with what they paid...
View ArticleDriver in fatal crash gets a new attorney
LOCKPORT – A Yankton, S.D., man, charged with crashing his car on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation and killing a passenger while seriously injuring another driver, will have a new attorney to help him...
View ArticleTwo years in jail for Falls man in drug, domestic cases
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who pleaded guilty in drug and domestic violence cases was sentenced Wednesday to two years in the County Jail by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.William L....
View ArticleGuilty plea in $13,000 store burglary, gun case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, charged in two separate indictments, accepted a plea deal Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Frank M. Thomas, 33, of Memorial Parkway, agreed to pay $13,070 in...
View ArticleParolee pleads guilty to 2012 ATV theft attempt
LOCKPORT – A Tuscarora Indian Reservation man, paroled from state prison two months ago, pleaded guilty Wednesday to an attempted all-terrain vehicle theft from nearly two years ago.Lucas R. Mitten,...
View ArticleLockport to replace light fixtures in four main buildings
LOCKPORT – The city will replace most of the light fixtures in its four main municipal buildings this year, Norman D. Allen, director of engineering and public works, said Wednesday.The Common Council...
View ArticleMan bitten during argument
A 26-year-old Germain Street woman was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly repeatedly biting a man during an argument in the first block of Woodette Place about 7:45 a.m. Christina Schindler was...
View ArticleSuspect charged in arson
A 44-year-old Ideal Street man was arrested early Wednesday and accused of trying to burn down a neighbor woman’s first-floor flat during an argument. Omar Overstreet was charged with third-degree...
View ArticleMan shot in buttocks, and then arrested
A 19-year-old Custer Street man was taken to Erie County Medical Center Wednesday afternoon for treatment of a gunshot wound to the buttocks that he claimed he suffered when accosted by three men on...
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Where to find the best beer?
By Matt Kresconko Beer isn’t just about who has the best commercials anymore. To many, it’s about the wide range of flavors and styles that are being produced by the thousands of small craft brewers...
View ArticleGibraltar’s profits rise on higher sales, cost-cutting
Gibraltar Industries’ fourth-quarter profits topped analyst forecasts, as the Hamburg construction products manufacturer’s sales strengthened by 9 percent.And while Gibraltar executives said they...
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NYC rescheduling led to JT's Buffalo postponement
The rescheduling of a show in New York City on Friday has prompted the Buffalo date to be postponed. (Getty Images) Justin Timberlake's sold-out concert at First Niagara Center scheduled for...
View ArticleBishop turns down request to merge two Catholic schools in Elma
A proposal to merge two Catholic schools in Elma will not move ahead.Bishop Richard J. Malone declined to give his blessing to the plan, saying in a letter to Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary...
View ArticleHearthstone Manor to close next month
The unexpected closing of the Hearthstone Manor left engaged couples, meeting planners and community groups scrambling Thursday to find a replacement venue for their events, but wedding industry...
View ArticleDNA on cigarette butt leads to arrest in East Aurora burglary case
A cigarette butt left in an East Aurora house after a burglary was about all that police had to go on in 2011.There was some information about a group of men driving away from the Blakeley Road home....
View ArticleTwo arrested for burglarizing East Amherst vending machines
A 25-year-old Buffalo man and a 21-year-old East Aurora woman were arrested Thursday afternoon by Amherst police for allegedly methodically breaking into vending machines at a number of East Amherst...
View ArticleCollins readies bill banning funds for inmate college courses
WASHINGTON – With New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposing that the state offer college courses to convicts in state prisons, Rep. Chris Collins plans to do what little he can to try to stop...
View ArticleGroup plans protest of sex offenders placed in West Seneca homes
West Seneca’s state representative and a community action group are upping their efforts to break through the wall of silence the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities has erected...
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